Concrete walk.



No. 772,932 v PATENTED 001?. 25, 1904.

' G. H. GLOVER.

CONCRETE WALK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CONCRETEWAL'K.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,932, dated October25, 1904. Application filed July 25, 1904. Serial No. 218,063 (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it, known that I, GEORGE H. GLoVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheldon,in the county of OBrien and State of Iowa,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concrete Walks; andI do declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to concrete or cement sidewalks; andcone object" ofthe same is to provide means for reducing the labor, and thereforecorrespondingly decreasing the cost, of putting down concrete orcompositewalks.

Another object is to provide efficient and inexpensive means fordispensing to aconsiderable extent with the preparatory labor inproviding the bases or foundations of Walks of this character.

These and other objects are obtained by .means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 1s a planv1ew of the framework of a sidewalk made in accordance with mylnvention.Fig. 2' is a longitudinal section through the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner orbrick frame, the bricks orblocks being shown in place. transverse section of a completed sidewalkmade in accordance with my invention.

Referring to thedrawings for a more detailed description of theinvention, the numeral 1 designates the outside frame, which may be madeup of wooden-strips or scantling arranged to form a rectangularinclosure, the side pieces 2 being of greater length than the end pieces3 and the entire frame being of such size that a predetermined number ofinner or brick frames may be placed therein. The outer frame is held in"place by the pegs 4: at the corners and at suitable intervals to providea firmstructure. This'frame may beerected upon a base or foundationpreviously prepared, or the earth may be leveled off within the frame.For general purposes and in places where fairly solid ground exists itwill not be necessary to prepare a foundation for the walk, and it isone of the ad- Fig. 4 is a vantages of my structure that much of thispreparatory labor may be dispensed with.

The inner frame consists of arectangular Woodenstructure comprisingsides 5 5, ends 6 6, and any suitable number of compartments" 7, formedby partitions or strips 8. The compartments 7 are of a size to contain abrick 9 lying fiatwise upon the foundation ner or brick frame are knobs10, said knobs outside of the sides 5 5 and ends 6 6 of the ini beingattached to the Wooden strips 5 6 by means of nails 11. The purpose ofthese knobs is to hold the inner frame firmly in place within theouterframe' and to serve as anchors for the plastic material or cementwhich fills the space between the outer and inner frames.

The covering may be made of cement and crushed stone or other materialsand may be of the required consistency to run into all the interstices,covering the brick and frames. Theouter layer or coating 12 may be ofany required thickness above the bricks and frames. p

To finish the sidewalk and to cover the edge of the lower side-piece 2of the outer frame, a strip or molding 13 may be secured thereto, or acurbing of-suitable construction may be used to finish the structure.

From the foregoing it will be noted that I provide a firm foundation forthe sidewalk by means of the inner frame and the inclosed bricks andthat the cost is considerably reduced both in labor required and cost ofmaconstruction.

It will be understood-that a comparatively low grade of brick may beutilized for my purpose, or brick which have been recovered fromdemolished buildings.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sidewalk composed of an outer frame, an inner frame, anchorsbridging the space between said frames, bricks Within the inner frames,and a concrete covering.

2. Asidewalk composed of an outer Wooden frame, an inner Wooden framehaving a series of compartments, a series of anchors extending from theinner frame to the outer frame, bricks in the compartments, and aplastic covering for the frames and bricks, substantially as described.

3. Asidewalk consisting of awooden outer frame, a frame having a seriesof compartments placed Within the outer frame, a series of knobsattached to the inner frame and extending to the inner Wall of the outerframe to space the frames apart and to serve as anchors for the plasticmaterial, bricks in the compartments, and plastic material lilling' thespaces and covering the frames, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. (nrLOVERv Vitnesses:

F. E. Fmsn'mc, F. \V. BLOXHAM.

